Saturday Morning with Jack Tame

The Scarlet Papers – Matthew Richardson   VIENNA, 1946: A brilliant German scientist snatched from the ruins of Nazi Europe.   MOSCOW, 1964: A US diplomat caught in a clandestine love affair as the Cold War rages.  RIGA, 1992: A Russian archivist selling secrets that will change the twentieth century forever.  LONDON, THE PRESENT DAY: A British academic on the run with the chance to solve one of h...

This week Mike Yardley joined Jack Tame to chat about his visit to Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Read Mike's full article here . LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dougal Sutherland, Clinical Psychologist from Umbrella Wellbeing, joined Jack Tame to talk about whether the way we work is mentally harming us. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What is acne?   Very common. Affects hair follicles. Follicles have glands which secrete oily fluid, they can become blocked and cause inflammation and pimples. Typically whiteheads, blackheads or pustules, face, neck, back and chest. Can cause scarring if not treated, pigmented skin, and can sometimes have severe psychological affects. Who gets it?   85% of 16 to 18 year olds are affected. Howeve...

ChatGPT can't figure out if something has been created by ChatGPT   OpenAI had a tool which people could paste in text and it would tell you if it was AI generated or not... except that it often said things that were written by AI when they weren't. So OpenAI has decided to shut that shown. As the technology gets better, that task is only going to get more difficult, especially if there isn't a wa...

Lincoln Lawyer: A new season of the American drama about an idealistic lawyer who runs his practice out of the back of his Lincoln Town car (Netflix).       Angel City: An HBO docuseries that goes behind the scenes of the groundbreaking Los Angeles-based professional women’s soccer team, Angel City Football Club (Neon).       Five Star Chefs: A reality series that sees seven professional chefs com...

Australian filmmakers Spencer Frost and Guy Williment spent years planning the trip of the lifetime to Kamchatka, in Far East Russia. The pair wanted to search for a wave no one else in the world had surfed and roped in a couple of Aussie surfing pros to make a documentary.   They stepped off their first flight in Dubai in February of 2022, to find that Russia had invaded Ukraine, and were faced w...

This week Kevin Milne joined Jack Tame to chat about U.S. football star, Trinity Rodman and how at 21 she’s made it to the top without her outrageous father, Dennis.   LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You can count on Jack – After 36 years of being blissfully unaware of the art of gardening, the questions suddenly start… Buying a house with wilderness helps. But the coolest thing is that those questions are inspiring enough to make me look up all sorts of things, related to those topics. In MediaLand it’s called “research”. Privacy, Height-restrictions of trellises and fences, useful hedge spec...

This is my ‘cheat’s chowder’ in the sense it’s super cheap to make but full of yumminess all the same. I’m a true seafood lover so I couldn’t be more delighted that in September I’ll be heading off to cook at not one but TWO seafood festivals! Ahead of these festivals I’ve been working on some seafood recipes that use sustainable seafood and I’ve been testing different chowder recipes - it’s such...

Barbie    Barbie and Ken are having the time of their lives in the colorful and seemingly perfect world of Barbie Land. However, when they get a chance to go to the real world, they soon discover the joys and perils of living among humans.     Oppenheimer   During World War II, Lt. Gen. Leslie Groves Jr. appoints physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer to work on the top-secret Manhattan Project. Oppenhei...

Have you ever been to the Hanmer hotpools? They were my first hotpool experience. North Canterbury. And they hold a bit of a special place in my heart.  What about Polynesian Spa in Rotorua? Think about how it feels to walk into the hot pools. You dip a toe or a foot, you kind of brace yourself as you wait to adjust to the heat. And then, how you ease yourself in. How you move slowly, you find a s...

'You & I' is Rita Ora's third album, coming after the release of Phoenix in 2018. She says the album is inspired by her connections with her friends and family, and is a 'personal letter to fans.' LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bad Summer People – Emma Rosenblum   None of them would claim to be a good person, but who among them is capable of murder?   The families on the island have been vacationing here for years; the Weinsteins, the Metzners, the Grobels - and unlucky in love Rachel Woolf.   Outsiders aren't welcome. That is except for Robert, the handsome new tennis coach, who some people are going out of their way to...

This week Mike Yardley joined Jack Tame to chat about his recent visit to Belgrade in Serbia. Read Mike's article here . LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

+ Travel slowly - and as locally as possible (if you're not going on a Europe trip like your friends, don't be sad! Celebrate your reduced carbon footprint and enjoy yourself just as much in NZ)  + Water bottle filter (Water-to-go bottle you can get in NZ to purify & reduce plastic water bottles)  + Taking reusables & storing/keeping food waste  + Choosing locally owned hospitality to supp...

This weekend I am in Taupo – basically to celebrate a Company that has been trapping vermin and exotic pests to create predator-free forests and landscapes. EPRO is their name and they have been doing it for 25 Years – worthy of serious congratulations! They literally provide long-term strategies for ecological restoration. Many of our Native taonga (but especially birds) are in trouble; Often sto...

BOB’S BEST BUYS  Wine: Jules Taylor 2023 Sauvignon Blanc, Marlborough $26.99  Why I chose it:  - From the very good 2023 vintage  - Jules Taylor is a consistently good SB producer  - Stock up for summer  - I’m a big fan of Marlborough SB  What does it taste like?  - Ripe yet tangy sauvignon with passion fruit, guava, lime zest, gooseberry and red capsicum flavours. Reasonably concentrated, vibrant...

The leading AI companies have agreed to a series of safeguards as the technology increases in sophistication    Meta, OpenAI, Google, Amazon, Microsoft and others have pledged to work within a framework designed in collaboration with the US government. This is a voluntary effort, there aren't any penalties if they break the pact.   Broadly, the rules are designed to make it easier for folks to spo...

The Bear: Season two of the show about a young chef trained in the fine dining world who comes home to Chicago to run his family sandwich shop after a heartbreaking death in his family (Disney+)     Totally Completely Fine: Thomasin McKenzie stars in this Australian comedy-drama about a troubled young woman named Vivian, who inherits a cliffside property in Sydney only to discover her new backyard...

Tracy Edwards was the first woman to skipper an all-female crew in the Whitbread Round the World Yacht Race in 1989.  The Brit was up against none-other than one of our very own in that race – Sir Peter Blake and the New Zealand crew.   But it wasn’t all smooth sailing for Tracy to get there, she was expelled from school and found herself in the sailing world by sheer luck and determination.   Tra...

Steamed puddings are traditionally an inexpensive and if I’m honest, slightly stodgy, pudding option. Not this one. It’s light, buttery and even marmalade-haters will love this!    Ingredients: ½ cup orange marmalade - can use any really ½ cup brown sugar ½ cup orange juice 125g butter 3 eggs, separated 1 cup plain flour 2 tsps baking powder Zest of 1 orange ¼ cup sultanas Custard and cream to ser...

Reality    A former American intelligence specialist is given the longest sentence for the unauthorized release of government information to the media about Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections via an email operation. Features one of the actors of the moment, Sydney Sweeney.     Talk to Me When a group of friends discovers how to conjure spirits by using an embalmed hand, they...

This week Kevin Milne joined Jack Tame to chat about cold, hard cash and how close we are to a cashless society. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Amidst all of the amazing sporting action we’re being treated to at the moment, I’ve been mad for the Tour de France. I was sucked in by the Netflix series following last year’s competition, and I’ve keenly prioritised watching the highlights over the last few weeks of racing. The Tour is almost over and the final result is essentially a foregone conclusion. Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard is about to...